#every issue after the automaticc honeymoon phase is borne of this catch-22

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The choices are;

[tumblr] goes permanently offline

[tumblr] rolls out more intrusive and predatory advertising techniques

people spend money on [tumblr]

There isn't a secret fourth option. Hosting and distributing billions of posts from millions of blogs costs a lot of money, there isn't a way to get around it

And also "they don't deserve the money because of issues with the site" those issues are all rooted in the financial issues

#every issue after the automaticc honeymoon phase is borne of this catch-22 #that tumblr users hate typical monetisation and are also weirdly hostile to unobtrusive alternatives